The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for their path-finding work in quantum mechanics, affirming that it took nearly three decades to recognize these critical contributions. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences revealed the winners in Stockholm, Sweden.

Laureates:

1. John Clarke, UK, University of California, Berkeley
2. Michel H. Devoret, France, Yale University
3. John M. Martinis, USA, University of California, Santa Barbara

The prize pertains to the researchers’ groundbreaking experiments conducted in the years 1984-1985 on electrical circuits, which led to significant advancements in the field. According to the prestigious committee, this work unlocked “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.”